Our crippled car barely made
it to Augusta, Georgia so the trip was off to a bad start.

But they still have Cheerios
in the Olde South so all was well the next morning.

Gulf Shores Alabama, where the
skies are so blue...Gulf Shores Alabama, we are comin' down to you!
The first thing we did when we got to Gulf Shores was eat a big ol basket of
fried shrimp, a local custom we were told.

Then we got to Grandma &
Grandpa's swanky condo.

Grandma bought toys for Sasha so
we could ignore her for long periods of time without feeling guilty..

The next morning it was all Lucky
Charms and strawberries!

Sasha demonstrates her
berry-biting method.

Cindy Lou Who, who was now three,
not two, ate one more berry before she was through.

Seeing that Grandpa and I were
laughing while reading my new Chris Elliott book, "Into Hot
Air",
Sasha thought it would be funny to read a few passages aloud.

A night night story with Mommy and
then it's off to bed.
Sasha was often first one up each morning so she would get coffee started and
then head out to the porch to read the morning papers.

Later in the day Mommy and Grandma
take Sasha out for Coffee...

...and Ice Cream sundaes for
everyone!

Then it's over to the playground!

Tubes for climbing

Tubes for sliding! And sand
as far as the eye can see!

Even Sasha's little piggy likes
the sand.

Thinking back on the afternoon,
Sasha decides it was FUN!

The next morning while scanning
the beach for bikini babes, Pompa catches sight of a little mermaid in her
pajamas!

He keeps an eye on her until she
runs back in the condo, then gets back to the business of Official Beach Club
Bikini Inspector.

Sasha says bye bye to Grandpa and
daddy before they head out for the day.

To the National Museum of Naval
Aviation.
Our tour guide was a cool old guy who had practically lived through the entire
history of aviation so his tour was fascinating.

Alan H. Wiseman.....American

While Dad posed with some decommissioned
Blue Angel planes Alan who was pretending to fly one at the time,
was drafted into service to perform the famous Delta Formation after the sixth
pilot chickened out during practice that day.

Later that night at Jimmy Buffet's
sister's restaurant, Sasha tried to master the ring toss game.

Holly uses Sasha as a floatation
device until she finds the floaty sticks behind her.

Grandpa wraps Sasha in a float and
makes a little chair buoy.

Using the float for balance...

....Grandpa tosses Sasha high up
into the air.

Sasha further demonstrates her
deck jumping ability as Grandma, Grandpa and Mommy cheer her on.

On the third day we finally find
out why the condo is free.
We have all been forced to join a cult that believes that the elderly and
children of the world should eat dinner at 4pm
and have all the candy they want whenever they feel like it. Sasha is
pleased.

Dad takes Alan down to the tip of
the cape to see the oil rigs.

There's rigs all over the place
down here. They dot the whole horizon.

Although I tried to explain
"perspective," Dad insisted the oil rig in the distance here was just
a few feet away and that he was huge.
Then he laughed and laughed and laughed until he finally scared away a few of
the pelicans.

Sasha and Alan perform a
"Trust" exercise at the 6th floor observation deck.
Later Sasha takes a ride on one of the "old people toys."

Running and screaming down the
Condo corridors is fun! Everyone can appreciate that!

Sasha and Grandpa get swallered by
gators at the Original Oyster House.